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Synonyms for cranky
ˈkræŋ kicranky
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Princeton's WordNet
crank, cranky, tender, tippyadjective
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Synonyms:
untoughened, pettish, crank, peckish, petulant, tender, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testyAntonyms:
stable, good-naturedcranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Synonyms:
irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, gratingAntonyms:
good-natured, stable
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
crankyadjective
Synonyms:
crotchety, capricious, unreasonable, cantankerous, cross, perverse, cross-grained, contumacious unsteady
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Cranky":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3079 | raw | |
#3359 | warm | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#5548 | rough | |
#6740 | tender | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#12984 | fond | |
#12985 | sore | |
#14638 | queer | |
#16647 | crank | |
#21074 | teasing | |
#21612 | uneven | |
#22085 | eccentric | |
#23129 | abrasive | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#28023 | grating | |
#30182 | cranky | |
#30373 | grumpy | |
#32023 | affectionate | |
#34818 | pesky | |
#35563 | edgy | |
#46948 | bothersome | |
#51084 | spotty | |
#59577 | scratchy | |
#65060 | crabby | |
#66650 | grouchy | |
#68434 | gravelly | |
#70249 | recalcitrant | |
#70924 | techy | |
#72009 | excitable | |
#72642 | jittery | |
#74028 | jumpy | |
#74214 | testy | |
#78530 | vexing | |
#89995 | vexatious | |
#90718 | tippy | |
#96709 | raspy | |
#100787 | skittish | |
#101981 | galling | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#108040 | pestering | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#147394 | rasping | |
#185350 | crotchety | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#323849 | tetchy |
How to use cranky in a sentence?
The strategy is get your point across, never make more than one or two big points, and don't snipe at somebody without thinking it through because you don't want to look cranky.
Just imagine you don't sleep enough and you're cranky, who's going to want to be around you ? Another part of it is being cognitively sharp.
'Cranky' is really the best word for it, i take a lot of medication for it, and that makes me sleepy. And I can't do a lot of the things that I like to do outside, so that makes me cranky. ... The wheezing part of it makes me feel tired.
I would try and put their behaviors into words like saying, 'I see that you've been more cranky lately or more upset, I'm wondering if something's going on, if you feel upset about something,'.
Being a president is kind of like being a parent, you have to manage expectations. We take the twins on a car ride to Maine from New York … I don't tell the twins we're going to get there in three hours … They're going to be cranky and confused, and they're not going to trust me the next day. And that's how other people feel. They're cranky, confused, and they're distrustful of the president.
Translations for cranky
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- غريب الأطوارArabic
- ексцентричен, нестабилен, разклатен, капризенBulgarian
- gnavenDanish
- launisch, gereiztGerman
- irritable, mañoso, mal, genioSpanish
- erikoinen, äreä, outo, ärtyisä, originelli, vinksahtanutFinnish
- cantalachIrish
- 気難しいJapanese
- 까다로운Korean
- opvliegend, driftigDutch
- раздражительныйRussian
- hiròvit, ćùdljivSerbo-Croatian
- knäpp, excentrisk, tokigSwedish
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